Then snap up a copy of Mersey Fighters 2 and get down to the official launch on Monday afternoon at the Slaughterhouse pub, Fenwick Street from 3pm.

Most of the boxers serialised in the latest edition will be present and happy to personalise copies.

Just like the first book, which was based on the biographies printed in the ECHO by the late great Syd Dye, Mersey Fighters 2 reviews the lives and times of Liverpool’s boxing heroes.

Gary Shaw and Jim Jenkinson's first book was published three years ago and sold a whopping 4,000 copies - making this second instalment inevitable.

Gary says: “The first book had biographies of 116 former Liverpool boxers, whereas this one has just 64.

“The main difference, however, is that most of the biographies in the first were quite brief and covered mainly boxers from the 1900s to the 1960s but these are much more detailed and include boxers that I’m sure many people would recognise from Liverpool’s recent sporting past.

“Former world champions such as Paul Hodkinson and Shea Neary; domestic champions such as Andy Holligan, Ray Gilbody and Gary Stretch – the Hollywood actor who I interviewed via email and phone from his home in Los Angeles; top contenders such as Jimmy Price – a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, John Farrell, Robbie Robinson and Tony Moran – who only retired in February this year.

“Top amateurs George Gilbody – who holds a record 11 national titles, John Lyon – a record eight times senior ABA champion, and Jim Lloyd – a 1960 Olympic bronze medal winner, are also included.”

With 320 action-packed pages and only £9.99, Mersey Fighters 2 is a must have and is available from bookshops or online at www.merseyfighters.co.uk.